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SAINT JEAN INDUSTRIES

Staff was mixed, several came from France, both long and short term periods of time. Biggest problem, it was not like most companies that I had worked for. Very little "production" buying mostly MRO so very difficult to show my expertise in contract negotiations. The only "production" material was aluminum billets and that was negotiated by the corporate office in France. The only other thing I could negotiate was Lift Truck Contracts but they had just signed an agreement just before I was hired.
They lost their major contracts with GM and Honda a year after I started and had a massive layoff which lasted a little over a year when Chrysler came in.

Saint Jean Industries is a fast paced automobile manufacturing facility producing aluminum parts using patented Cobapress technology.  

A typical work day at Saint Jean Industries includes all functions in accounting, meetings, answering emails and phone calls, speaking with auditors, bankers, insurance agents, etc., and working with other departments to help them meet their goals.

The hardest part of the job is dealing with products with little profit margin and forecasting what future business will bring in terms of EBITDA.

The most enjoyable part of Saint Jean Industries is the people.  Saint Jean has a great team of professionals all trying to achieve the same goals.

Absolutely do not come to work here unless you have no choice.  

Management is completely incompetent and incapable of planning more than thirty minutes ahead, and even then you can tell they have no clue what they’re doing.  Just guess work. It’s the most mind boggling thing you’ve ever seen.  Just a level of incompetence coupled with extreme arrogance from most in “management” positions that is rare to see. 

That, and literally the only reason left to work here was the benefits, with the insurance actually being decent when compared to others in the area,  but they just recently cut everyone’s benefits and raised the rates of insurance by, in some cases, more than 3x.  

With the insurance now being worse than everyone else in the area,  there is literally zero reason to waste your time here. 

I love working with everyone here. The only problem is that I make less then I should for my current position! The hours can be long, but support is good from upper management. The company does the best they can as it is short on employees and trying to find employees. This facility is casting to finish machining supplier of automotive parts.

Very hot environment. Very fast paced. Very dangerous place to work! Always having fires and exploding molten aluminum. Safety devices on casting machines are inadequate. I'm surprised no one has been killed here! Supervisor wants employees to police each other,  which made for a very hostile work environment. Constantly having to work extra for other shifts mistakes. Wouldn't be the worst job for a young single person to get some experience, but I couldn't imagine retiring here. If you do choose to work here,  watch your back and be safe,  don't kill yourself for a job that will replace you before you are in the ground.

As team lead I would give my crew the tasks that needed to be completed from the previous shift and the preventative maintenance that was to be complete for that night. I would diagnose and repair machines as workorders came in throughout the night. I helped and trained my crew with their tasks assigned to them. During the shift or at the end I would enter all work that was completed or needed to be completed in the database and send emails of the same to the other leadmen and management. I have to say that I had a great crew which made the extreme heat we worked in seemed more pleasant.

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Car parts, car parts, car parts. You want em we got em. This place is about what they do for sure. They are good at it. Quality and quantity is priority. Anything less isn't acceptable. You work hard, stay focused and finish your job. 1st shift- great shift to be on. You work hard, stay busy and your good. 2nd shift- unreasonable management, managers are very ignorant and immature. 3rd shift- is a joke house. You wanna play around at work and not worry about it. You need 3rd shift. 
1st 
6.30am to 2.30pm 
2nd
2.30pm to 10.30pm
3rd
10.30pm to 6.30am

During my time at St Jean Industries I was able to learn new jobs such as; running low pressure dye casting machines, during which time I was able to accept a promotion to becoming a "Team Leader". While being a Leader my jobs included; training and overseeing employee performance and machine maintenance. I also was entrusted to perform daily checklists of all production and enter them into the computer.

Run away far away from this company. You are too good to even consider working here and this company does not deserve the beautiful souls that already fell into this pit of sorrow and depression.

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